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Exhibit 21

List of Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of International Bancshares Corporation

Name		State of Incorporation or Organization			Business		% of Ownership
IBC Subsidiary Corporation			Delaware		Bank Holding Company			100	%
IBC Life Insurance Company			Texas		Credit Life Insurance			100	%
IBC Trading Company			Texas		Export Trading			100	%
IBC Capital Corporation			Texas		Investments			100	%
Premier Tierra Holdings, Inc.			Texas		Liquidating Subsidiary			100	%

Subsidiaries of IBC Subsidiary Corporation

Name		State of Incorporation or Organization			Business		% of Ownership
International Bank of Commerce			Texas		State Bank			100	%
Commerce Bank			Texas		State Bank			100	%
International Bank of Commerce, Zapata			Texas		State Bank			100	%
International Bank of Commerce, Brownsville			Texas		State Bank			100	%
Gulfstar Merchant Banking I, Ltd.			Texas		Investment and Merchant Banking			70	%
Gulfstar Merchant Banking II, Ltd.			Texas		Investment Banking			70	%
Gulfstar Merchant Banking III, Ltd.			Texas		Merchant Banking			70	%

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